2012 London Summer Olympics

**deshende** · 2012-08-02 06:16

I could have sworn I heard some Halo music playing in the background one time too during the replay of the American all around (like some other country was using that for a floor exercise).

**octopus** · 2012-08-02 08:37

Kayla Harrison just made to the finals of 78kg women's Judo. The US has never won gold in Judo in history.

It's coming up in about an hour and a half.

**Cail** · 2012-08-02 08:48

water polo erotica
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...7892--oly.html

MaachaQ · 2012-08-02 08:54

Originally Posted by Cail

water polo erotica
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...7892--oly.html

too big for BG bucket, sorry for the hotlink ^^;
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**octopus** · 2012-08-02 08:57

http://deadspin.com/5931182/chinese-...ied-a-year-ago

the fuck....

**Necronus** · 2012-08-02 09:03

Originally Posted by octopus

http://deadspin.com/5931182/chinese-...ied-a-year-ago

the fuck....

While they really ride the Chinese for their methods in raising athletes, lets face it the part of the article about hiding shit from young athletes is probably equally likely in any country, its just China provides an environment where you can hide it MUCH longer.

I have no doubt that while some parents would never even consider it, other more competitive parents from any country would probably hide recent traumatic events if they thought it would keep their kid focused, but probably would be limited to a smaller time frame in most cases.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-02 09:06

Originally Posted by Necronus

While they really ride the Chinese for their methods in raising athletes, lets face it the part of the article about hiding shit from young athletes is probably equally likely in any country, its just China provides an environment where you can hide it MUCH longer.

I have no doubt that while some parents would never even consider it, other more competitive parents from any country would probably hide recent traumatic events if they thought it would keep their kid focused, but probably would be limited to a smaller time frame in most cases.

I disagree and don't think it would be possible in a country like the US where we have access to twitter, facebook, email, etc. China can contain it because of government control over absolutely everything.

**Necronus** · 2012-08-02 09:11

Originally Posted by Tyche

I disagree and don't think it would be possible in a country like the US where we have access to twitter, facebook, email, etc. China can contain it because of government control over absolutely everything.

Sure its harder, but you're telling me you don't think parents, ever here in the US ... haven't delayed informing a child about a recent Cancer diagnosis or perhaps neglected to mention that granny died last weekend? Sure 2 years is nigh impossible, but the theme of the article is about the morality of hiding stuff from your kids in order to retain their competitive edge. And this surely doesn't apply to just the Olympics.

Also, the popularity of an athlete is important too ... probably easier to hide stuff from athletes in less watched/televised events than to hide it from a top gymnast or swimmer who has the media reporting on the kind of cereal they ate for breakfast.

**Cail** · 2012-08-02 09:14

nevermind, pointless stuff

**Cail** · 2012-08-02 09:37

first ever archery medal for mexico, a bronze, but they have another archer in the finals, so theyre guaranteed 2

**Cail** · 2012-08-02 09:52

1 arrow shootoff for the woman's gold

**octopus** · 2012-08-02 09:56

That was pretty cool.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-02 10:01

Judo women's gold time. US v GB.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-02 10:10

GOOOOOOOOLD. The British girl is much cuter though.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-02 10:19

I think Women's All-Around begins in about 10 minutes.

**Cail** · 2012-08-02 10:22

NBC missed a big Olympics moment on Tuesday when it edited Ksenia Afanasyeva's tragic gymnastics finish out of its broadcast.

Afanasyeva, a Russian gymnast, was the reigning world champion for the floor exercise. She delivered a strong performance on Tuesday, until she crashed on her knees on her final pass. The mistake devastated her teammates, who were visibly shocked and upset.

NBC was hit for not airing the routine — a decision that critics said it made to create more suspense around Team USA. The American team was set to perform after the Russians, and was already ahead in the previous events.

Deadspin's Timothy Burke described:

NBC also cleverly avoided showing the standings upon skipping ahead to the U.S. rotation, with Al Trautwig asking whether the U.S. 'can deliver a knockout blow' and casting doubt upon American chances by showing Aly Raisman missing a tumble landing during warmups.

Some viewers spoke out against the network's editing on Twitter, with one person saying that it "proves NBC can’t be trusted to show tape-delayed sports."

NBC's Olympics coverage has been heavily scrutinized thus far. In addition to the usual criticism over airing the events on tape delay, the network was hit for spoiling Missy Franklin's gold win and cutting a tribute to the victims of London's 7/7 terrorist attacks out of its broadcast of the opening ceremony.

stupid nbc

**octopus** · 2012-08-02 11:00

They're treating the Olympics like it's a reality show, like Survivor ;o

**octopus** · 2012-08-02 11:50

Aly Raisman is screwing up...

**Tyche** · 2012-08-02 11:51

Going into the last event of the all around, Gabby is leading and Ally is in 5th. Floor exercise left for both. Ally still has a very real shot at medaling though.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-02 11:54

The Russian chick in 2nd is going last. Should be an interesting way to end the competition.

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